Name Arthur Stanley Role British Politician | Died November 4, 1947 | |
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Parents Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby Grandparents Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Emma Caroline Bootle-Wilbraham Uncles Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby Great-grandparents Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby Similar People Frederick Stanley - 16th Earl, Edward Smith‑Stanley - 14th Earl, Edward Stanley - 17th Earl, George Frederick Stanley, Edward Stanley - 15th Earl | ||
Sir Arthur Stanley (18 November 1869 – 4 November 1947) was a British Conservative politician
Biography
He was born on 18 November 1869 as the third son of Frederick Stanley, Lord Stanley (later 16th Earl of Derby). He travelled to Canada with his father on the latter's appointment as Governor General of Canada in 1888, becoming an ice hockey player and a member of the Rideau Hall Rebels.
The family returned to England in 1893 and Stanley was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ormskirk in 1898, a position he held until 1918. He was Provincial Grand Master of the Isle of Man Freemasons from 1902 to 1912 and had a Lodge named in his honour, he was also Chairman of the Royal Automobile Club from 1905–1936 and Treasurer of St Thomas' Hospital from 1917–1943. He had been knighted for his services in 1917.
Chairman of the Joint War Committee of the Joint War Organisation, from 1939. He was permanently disabled and though he was frequently in pain, after contracting rheumtic fever in the 1880s, it did not hamper his activities through either of the world wars.
He died, unmarried, on 4 November 1947.